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Updated Saturday 22 March, 7.14pm
Sunday 23 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Stories in the Dust, eco fable, 11.30am and 3pm.
Komedia, The 7 Hills spring sessions with Thea Gilmore, Beth Rowley, Our Man in the Field, Scott Lavene, Hannah White and more, from 12.30pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 2 and 7pm.
University, Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society 80th anniversary year, Ensemble Renard wind quartet, Mozart, Barber, Mendelssohn, Loeonad, Martin Butler, Judith Weir, Paul Taffanel, 3pm.
BIC, Bournemouth Comic Con, Creed.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra, cond Philip Draisey, Jolanta Modelska, flute, Smyth, Leibermann and Sibelius, 5pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreographs by Kenneth MacMillan, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kerry Godliman, Bandwidth, comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, film, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Tenebrae, acappella choir, Gibbons, Tallis, Lassus, Chilcott, Britten, etc, 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward, A Life in Poems, 5pm.
PLYMOUTH, Junction, Beans on Toast.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Southampton University Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Kohn, viola, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Boulanger, Shostakovich, 5pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreographs by Kenneth MacMillan, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm: Saturday Night, film about first Saturday Night Live in 1975, 2.15.
STUDLAND, Village Hall, The Bookshop Band, folk duo, 4pm. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreographs by Kenneth MacMillan, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Five Easy Pieces, 1970 Jack Nicholson film, 2pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, UK Pink Floyd Experience, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Dog Man, animated film, 2.30: James Brown vs Prince, funk, soul, orchestra, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays, 7.30pm.
Monday 24 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Musical, to 12 April, Mon-Sat 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Dance Umbrella 2025, showcase for BANES School Sport Partnership, and Tues, and 31 March/1st April, various times.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Romeo and Juliet with a rap and r’n’b score, to 5 April, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Weston Studio, Theatre Uncut in Playfight, by Julia Grogan, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mats 3pm.
Tobacco Factory, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, to Sat, 7.30, some mats.
Beacon, The Darkness, 7pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Closer Each Day – The Improvised Soap Opera, and every other Monday, 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Oily Cart in When The World Turns, multi-sensory show for disabled people, and Tues, 11am and 1.30pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Mary Poppins, with Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers, to Sat, various times.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in Hedda Gabler, to Sat, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Hamilton, to Saturday 26 April.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bridget Jones: Made About the Boy, and Tues, Wed and 31 March, 1st April, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, film, and Tues, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.
Tuesday 25 March
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ronnie, Reggie and Me with Fred Dinenage, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen, Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Marcin, rock, 7pm: Weston Stage, Helena Deland, indie folk, 8pm.
St George’s, Adam Frost, Gardners World presenter, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Hans Zimmer and Friends, Diamond in the Desert, recorded in Dubai, 7.30 and 7 April 1pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Phantom of the Opera, 1925, with live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Recent Cutback in Hold On to Your Butts, Jurassic Park parody, and Wed, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Cara Dillon, folk, 7.45.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Ben Fogle, Wild, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Stuff and Nonsense in The Adventures of the Little Red Hen, to 3 April 10.30am and 1.30pm and 5th to 19 April 11am and 3pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival, 7pm: Cinema, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and Fri/Sat: Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Scummy Mummies : Hot Mess, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Sun-Mi Hong Quintet, South Korean drummer and composer, 8pm.
Joiners, Beans on Toast.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Our Star Theatre in Hannay Stands Fast (sequel to 39 Steps), 7.30.
Wednesday 26 March
BATH, Rondo, Rondo Theatre in Flatpack, new play by Bath-based John Hodge, to Sat, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Lynne Hanson Duo, Americana, 8pm.
Komedia, Joel Dommett, Happy Idiot, comedy, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez in Speakeasy, dance.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Ed Viney Company in Pot Licker, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Voices for Life, schoolchildren from South Gloucestershire and Bath, Stardust, 6.30pm.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Gladiator II. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Gigspanner Trio, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Dorset Museum, Music Society, Pocket Sinfonia, Mozart and Beethoven, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, My Favourite Cake. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Oisin Leech, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, Fairytales and Folklore, cond Karabits, Ksenija Sidorova, accordion, Mozart, De Hartmann, Trojan, Tchaikovsky, 7.30: Country Hits Live, 7.30: Rob Auton, The Eyes Open and Shut Show, comedy, 8pm: Cinema, Becoming Led Zeppelin, documentary, 3pm: The Brutalist, and Fri.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Roger McGough, Alive and Gigging, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, An Evening with Aggers, cricket legend Jonathan Agnew, 7.45.
STOGUMBER, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Whirlwind, an evening with snooker star Jimmy White, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Creative Fire, Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s Creation and Stravinsky’s The Firebird, and Thurs, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Macbeth, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kate Mosse, Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth, 20th anniversary, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Adam Frost of Gardener’s World, 7.30.
Swan Theatre, Motiv8, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, to Sat, 7.30.
Thursday 27 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Ed Viney Company in Pot Licker, to Sat, 7.30.
Mission Theatre, Next Stage in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers, original play, to Sun, 7.30pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Greatest Hits of Motown: How Sweet It Is, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, An Evening with Aggers, cricketing stories, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Birmingham Royal Ballet in Cinderella, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
Beacon, Lantern Hall, Hay Festival After Hours, readings and performances, 7.30.
St George’s, Cristian de Sa, violin, Antoine Preat, piano, Brahms, Clara Schumann, Debussy, 1pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Priory, David Davies, organ, 12.30pm.
Regent, Dr Strangelove, with Steve Coogan, recorded in West End, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ashley Hutchings and Blair Dunlop, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, Fairytales and Folklore, cond Karabits, Ksenija Sidorova, accordion, Mozart, De Hartmann, Trojan, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Kendal Mountain Tour, films, 7pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Blue Vanguard, jazz, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Ferocious Dog.
HONITON, Beehive, I’m Alright Jack, 1959 film with Peter Sellars, 2pm: Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan recorded in West End, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Conn Artists Theatre, Far from the Madding Crowd, 7.30.
MARTOCK, All Saints Church, Somerset Opera in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Joni (Mitchell) Re-imagined, with Jo Harman and Jana Varga and band, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard, local bands, 7.30: Cinema, Mary Poppins Returns, dementia-friendly screening, 2pm: Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan recorded in West End, 7.30pm, and Sat 5pm, Wed 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Le Navet Bete in Treasure Island, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.
Arts Centre, The Music of Prince, A New Purple Celebration, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, NT Live, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, and Sat, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Swanage MTC in Kinky Boots, to Sat, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan recorded in West End, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Whirlwind, snooker start Jimmy White, 7.30.
College Bay Theatre, Rossco (and Co), music students Easter show, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Ultimate Classic Rock Show, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Country Hits, 7.30.
Friday 28 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Oily Cart in When the World Turns, sensory theatre for 3-19 year olds, 10.30am, 1.15 and 4.45pm.
Chapel Arts, The Black Feathers, prog metal, 8pm.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Bootleg Beatles, 7.30: Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Fara, folk quartet from Orkney, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Retro Rock Show, rock anthems and power ballads, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, Fairytales and Folklore, cond Karabits, Ksenija Sidorova, accordion, Mozart, De Hartmann, Trojan, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
St George’s, Tallis Scholars, celebrating 500th anniversary of Palestrina and Arvo Part’s 90th birthday, 7pm.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, Paddington in Peru. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Tribute to the Carpenters, 7.30pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, In the Mouth of the Wolf, new play by Michael Morpurgo, to 11 May.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, recorded in London, 7pm.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, My Favourite Cake.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Youth Theatre seniors in Brain Play, NT Connections 2025, 7.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Moonstone Theatre in Murder Mystery: Music to Die For, with supper, 8pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Giles Shenton Theatre in Dead on Cue, new ghostly thriller by Mark Carey, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, A Country Music Songbook, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The All Seasons, tribute, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Power – Cast, The Las and Me, 7.30.
MERE, Lecture Hall, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. MOVIOLA
MINEHEAD, Regal, Somerset Opera in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Thelma. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with The Alex Clarke – Emily Masser Quintet, 8pm: Cinema, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme, 7.30: Conclave.
PORTESHAM, Village Hall, Amadou Diagne and Cory Seznec, African/Appalachian duo, 7.30. AR
ROADWATER, Village Hall, Bonfire Radicals, contemporary folk, 8pm. TA
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, My Favourite Cake, Persian film, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar with Pooja Angra and Karan Rana, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Conclave, Petherton Picture Show.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, There’s a Monster in Your Show, to Sun, various day times.
WATCHET, Cinema, Conclave. MOVIOLA
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Mike Dawes, fingerstyle guitar, 7pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
WEST STAFFORD, Village Hall, PMac Productions in Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector, double bill of solo plays, 7.30. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Story of Guitar Heroes, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kast Off Kinks, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, This Flight Tonight, the songs of Joni Mitchell with Zervas and Pepper, 7.30.
Saturday 29 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Oily Cart in Great Big Tiny World, sensory theatre for babies, and Sun, 9.15 and 10.30am and Sat 1.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Flamenco Express, 8pm.
Komedia, Vanessa Kisuule and Hollie McNish, poetry, 2pm: Krater Comedy Club, Ignacio Lopez, Andrew White, Ash Frith, etc, 8pm.
BISHOPS LYDEARD, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Mike and the Mechanics, Living the Years, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Elton John Show – the ultimate tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, A Night of Blues and Boogie with Craig Milverton, Adam Sweet and Paddy Blight and the Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Spiritualized, 30th anniversary tour, 7pm: Lantern Hall, Lambert, masked pianist from Berlin, 7pm.
St George’s, Bristol Concert Orchestra, cond Simon Hilberding, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, violin, Wagner, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Bonfire Radicals, contemporary folk, 7.30pm. TA
CHILD OKEFORD, Village Hall, PMac Productions in Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector, double bill of solo plays, 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Lucy Spraggan, indie folk acoustic, 7.3o.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, John Adams, Welsh singer songwriter, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Ninebarrow, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, The Ronnie Scott Story, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Anthos Young Company in Great Expectations, 7pm.
Cygnet Theatre, The First Men on the Moon, comedy sci fi thriller, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Jarred Christmas, Nincompoop, comedy.
Tree House, An Acoustic Evening with FM.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 1874, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Gardna, songwriter and MC, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Ed Patrick in Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist, comedy, 7.30.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Scratchworks in Hags: a Magical Extravaganza, 7.30. TA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Just My Imagination, the music of the Temptations, 7.30: Harriet, Trying to Get the Feeling Again, 7.30: Cinema, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme, 7.30: Paddington in Peru, 11.30am.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, 60s, 70s and 80s Revival Club Night, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Wareham Whalers, sea shanties and strange stories, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Singalonga Matilda, film, 2pm: Singalonga The Greatest Showman, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Chris Drever, Harmonic Alchemist.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, film, 2.15.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, John Sergeant, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Re-Take That, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Bootleg Shadows, 7.30.
Sunday 30 March
BATH, Komedia, The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White, Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have, new book tour, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Together at Home.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Billy Elliot, the musical, 20th anniversary screening, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Ben Tunnicliffe’s Nowhere Ensemble, improvisation and synthesisers, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Billy Elliot The Musical, 20th anniversary screening, 2pm
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Nikita Kuzmin in Midnight Dancer, 7.30.
Old Vic, Lou Sanders, comedy, 7.30.
CERNE ABBAS, Parish Church, PMac Productions in Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector, double bill of solo plays, 7pm. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Billy Elliot – the Musical, 20th anniversary recorded in West End, 2pm, and Wed 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Opera Boys, A Night at the Musicals, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Kaleb Cooper, farming and comedy, 7.30.
FILTON, St Peter’s Church Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Steve Knightley, The Winter Yards in Spring, solo tour, folk, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Frome Symphony, A Night at the Movies, 7.30.
LANGTON MATRAVERS, Village Hall, Amadou Diagne and Cory Seznec, African/Appalachian duo, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Sunday Sessions, 2pm: Jazz by the Sea, Opa Rosa, Balkan jazz, 8pm.
MILTON ABBAS, Milton Abbey, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, dir David Gostick, Allegri and Martin, 3.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Billy Elliot The Musical, 20th anniversary screening, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Dotted Line Theatre in Pythagoras’ Toolkit, music and puppetry, 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Greatest Hits of Whitney Houston and Lionel Richie, with Nya King and Malcomb Pitt, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Greatest Star, Barbra Streisand, tribute with Kearra Bethany, 7.30.
Monday 31 March
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Chicago, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Primal Scream, 7pm: Lantern Hall, The Fureys, folk, 8pm.
Strange Brew, Thus Love, alt indie rock, 8pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Exe Valley Showdown, dance school showcase, 4.30 and 6.30pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Shark is Broken, drama about the filming of JAWS, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, NT Live, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, 2.30 and 7pm.